And in the wider world, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi stand out as selfless examples.
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The decision was adopted to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi.
They include several letters that could provide insight into the relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and Hermann Kallenbach.
BBC: India to display Kallenbach papers about Mahatma Gandhi
India is famous for national treasures such as the Taj Mahal, Mahatma Gandhi and, more recently, phone-based tech support.
Consider Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Howard Schultz of Starbucks, Darwin Smith of Kimberly Clark, and Alan Mulally of Ford.
King was greatly influenced by Mahatma Gandhi, whose methods and message about nonviolent civil disobedience resonated strongly with King.
Mahatma Gandhi undertook 17 public hunger-strikes during his lifetime, using them to advance his vision of tolerance and religious diversity.
In 1948, as a UP bureau chief in India, he broke to the world the story of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination.
Mahatma Gandhi, his saintly fellow-worker for independence, was a devout Hindu, but challenged the orthodox with his campaign against untouchability.
By implementing this agreement, we are living up to the aspirations, norms and responsibilities that Mahatma Gandhi embodied and championed.
You could write an academic thesis on the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and whether civil disobedience must always be peaceful.
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Back when the President was a senator, he kept a picture of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of India, in his office.
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Hundreds of letters, papers and photographs related to Mahatma Gandhi will go on display in India's capital, Delhi, from 30 January.
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Mahatma Gandhi, Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Lee Kuan Yew were British-trained lawyers.
Indian writers and relatives of Mahatma Gandhi have protested against the ban.
The imposing, glass-fronted building situated on the prominent Mahatma Gandhi Road resembles a posh international store rather than a traditional jewelry shop.
He practised law, but became increasingly involved with Mahatma Gandhi's independence movement.
Having written about all of Jobs' many cruelties and sins over the years, I had a hard time believing he'd become Mahatma Gandhi.
Even Mahatma Gandhi, who was greatly influenced by the Bible, said he did not want missionaries to use their humanitarian deeds for proselytizing.
The creation of the Prize in 1995 marked the United Nations Year for Tolerance and the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi.
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That means, as far as this award is concerned, peace award, he is also a believer in Mahatma Gandhi's ideas of peace and nonviolence.
Nonetheless, the party remains the antithesis to the modern secular country envisaged by Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India.
And before her, India had been governed by her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, who had taken over as leader of Congress from Mahatma Gandhi (no relation, in fact).
Professor Rajan Gerta, from Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala, said that there are many references to "ships coming with gold, and going back with 'black gold'" - pepper.
Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, joined the protesters to sign a "pledge of resistance" to fracking and discuss utilizing civil disobedience if shale gas development is permitted.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) was a saint-genius who turned opposition to British rule into a mass movement and demonstrated, through non-violent protest, that virtue has its own inescapable power.
Under the name MC Yogi, Mr. Giacomini began writing, recording and selling online yoga-centric rap songs, such as "Be the Change, " a hip-hop telling of the story of Mahatma Gandhi.
Mahatma Gandhi independent struggle was full of spiritual experiments.
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Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action, by Dennis Dalton.
The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize was established in 1995 to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of the Mahatma Gandhi, thanks to the generosity of the Indian writer and diplomat Madanjeet Singh.
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